Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials will take decisions about the date and place of cutter master Mustafizur Rahman’s left shoulder surgery on Monday.BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus, in a press briefing on Saturday, told reporters: “Hopefully we…
Dhaka – Batsman Kusal Mendis’ fighting maiden test hundred backed up by quality spin bowling from Rangana Herath and Lakshan Sandaken led Sri Lanka to only its second test victory against Australia on Saturday.Chasing 268 to win the match Australia…
Bangladesh ranked eighth among 140 countries globally in the Happy Planet Index 2016.
Dhaka – Top-ranked Novak Djokovic beat fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-6 (6), 6-4 on Friday to advance to the Rogers Cup semifinals. Djokovic improved to 25-2 against the fifth-seeded Czech player. The 29-year-old Serbian star won the event that rotates between…
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three people along with gunsmith tools from a house in Comilla on Saturday.The arrestees were identified as Saiful Islam, 36, son of Nazrul Islam of Uttar Chartha, Majedul Haque, 34, son of…
Dhaka – Police arrested 47 people, including 19 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, from separate areas in the district from Friday evening to Saturday morning on various charges.Mizanur Rahman, inspector of Satkhira district special branch (SB),
Dhaka -A housewife allegedly committed suicide over conjugal dispute at Jadabpur village in Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Shila Khatun, 22, wife of Jahidul Islam, a resident of the village.Officer-in-charge of Jibannagar Police Station…
Dhaka- Four people, including two children, were killed in two separate incidents of lightning strike in Pirgachha and Kaunia upazila in Rangpur on Friday.
Dhaka- An alleged robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Katakhali in Maheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah early Saturday.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-charge of Maheshpur Police Station Aminul Islam said on a…
Dhaka- A dockyard worker was hacked to death by a group of miscreants over previous enmity at Nabiganj in Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Faysal, 23, son of Abdul Rashid, a resident of Nabiganj,UNB…
Rajshahi-Demanding the cancellation of Rampal power plant the Progressive Students Alliance (PSA) of the Rajshahi University (RU) staged demonstration and brought out procession on the campus on Saturday.
Bangladesh ranked eight among the 140 countries in the globe in by the Happy Planet Index 2016.The ranking recently released by World Economic Forum, a leading not-for-profit foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, named Bangladesh as the eighth greenest and happiest country…
Sarkari Shishu Paribar (Government Orphanage) in Shariatpur is not doing well, being in the grip of multifarious problems, including poor infrastructure, irregularities, inadequate fund and manpower shortage. Despite declaring the Sishu Paribar building risky for use five years ago, the…
Entertainment Desk American science fiction action Star Trek Beyond is all set to release in Dhaka today. The thirteenth instalment in the Star Trek franchise and the third instalment in the reboot series, following Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek…
Entertainment Desk Shah Rukh Khan enjoyed the German dramedy The Most Beautiful Day. He even commented that the weather in Munich felt exactly like the same. As he shared a selfie of himself in the German city, he wrote, “Saw…
Health Desk Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston has been named the sexiest woman alive more than once and we have been wowing over her svelte, stunning figure for decades now. Though her workout regimes and secret diet hacks have been all…
You may want to include pomegranates in your daily diet. Known for their anti-inflammatory properties and cancer-busting antioxidants, they also protect muscles and improve endurance, claims a recent study. According to researchers, a type of compound found in pomegranate could…
US officials have revealed that a collection of weapons was stolen from the Panzer Kaserne base near Stuttgart earlier this month and couldn’t be located, leading to concerns that the arms may have ended up on the black market –…
The bulldog may be a symbol of strength and tenacity, but more than a century of selective breeding has weakened the once-tough canine. The dogs have breathing, skeletal, and skin problems, and, even worse, many can’t naturally mate or give…
C-Zentrix, one of the leader for global software products for contact center on Friday announced its growth plans for Bangladesh in partnership with local company Digicon Technologies Ltd. C-Zentrix aims to leverage its Bangladesh expansion plans. The esteemed partnership is…
Culture Desk Dhaka University on Friday conferred “Firoza Begum Memorial Gold Medal” on eminent singer Sabina Yasmin. Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique handed over the award to Sabina Yasmin at a function at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of…
US military bases along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico will be increasingly vulnerable to floods and power-packed storms as the planet warms, researchers said Wednesday. The report by the Union of Concerned Scientists spanned 18 military bases, and…
Oil prices showed no sign of ending their downward march on Thursday, remaining at three-month lows while some observers said prices could stabilize. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate for September delivery lost 78 cents on Thursday, hitting $41.14 on…
Jamalpur -The train service on Jamalpur-Dewanganj route was suspended on Friday night due to flooding and heavy rainfall in the district. Train communication has remained snapped since 8pm, said Jamalpur Railway Station master Jahurul Islam.
London – Hip hop artist Drake failed to topple Bryan Adams for the longest UK No. 1 single, only by a margin of seven days. His hit single, ‘One Dance’ was positioned comfortably for fifteen weeks at number one and…
Kanpur – Amid the cacophony of communal strife, here comes a heart-warming gesture. A Muslim woman from Fatehpur district has come forward to donate her kidney to a Hindu woman from Pune (Maharashtra), who has been battling for life for…
US watchdog says area under Kabul government’s “influence” shrank by nearly 5 percent since beginning of this year. The Afghan government has lost control of nearly 5 percent of its territory to the Taliban since the beginning of this year,…
A Syrian maternity hospital in a rebel-held area of Idlib province has been extensively damaged after a direct hit, according to the international charity Save the Children, which supports the facility.
The situation of flood in northern part of the country is being deteriorated day by day. Heavy rainfall and onrush of water from hilly areas outside Bangladesh have increased the intensity of the flood. Lack of uncontaminated water and foods…